On an application filed by the Hindu side, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday consolidated 15 suits related to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi disputed structure in Mathura.
Justice Mayank Kumar Jain of the High Court said the cases have been consolidated “in the interest of justice”.
“The proceedings in these suits can be taken up and the suits may be decided simultaneously on the basis of common evidence. To save the time of the
Court, the expenses to be incurred to the parties, and to avoid conflicting judgments it appears expedient in the interest of justice to consolidate the suits with each other,” the court said, adding “suit no. OSUT 01/2023 Bhagwan Shri Krishan Virajman at Katra Keshav Dev Khewat No. 255 and others Vs UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and others is made as the leading case”.
The order was passed after Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing on behalf of the Hindu side, argued that after the original suit was filed before Civil Judge (Senior Division), Mathura on September 25, 2020, “certain other suits of a similar nature concerning the 13.37 acre of Katra, Keshav Dev, and for the removal of the disputed structure have been filed”.
The High Court also took note that the Sunni Waqf Board, the Idgah mosque committee, and other defendants had earlier submitted that suits of similar nature and involving the same question “may be consolidated”.
